Proverbs 11:2 - Exposition

Then cometh shame ( Proverbs 16:18 : Proverbs 18:12 ); literally, cometh pride, cometh also shame. Pride shall have a fall; self-assertion and self-confidence shall meet with mortification and disgrace in the end. "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased" ( Luke 14:11 ); "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" ( 1 Corinthians 10:12 ). Septuagint, "Where violence ( ὅβρις ) entereth, there also dishonor." But with the lowly is wisdom. "Mysteries are revealed unto the meek" ( Ecclesiastes 3:19 , Complutensian; Psalms 25:9 , Psalms 25:14 ). The humble are already rewarded with wisdom because their disposition fits them to receive grace and God's gifts (comp. Proverbs 15:33 ). Septuagint, "The mouth of the humble meditateth wisdom."